Saturday, November 3, 2012

As Apple promised, yesterday went on sale the new 7.9-inch iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad with some changes that update the iPad 3. The first units available for booking sold out within hours last week. Expectations make a mini iPad sales of 1.5 million units in its first weekend.

According to initial reports, the launch of the iPad mini has caused less queues than previous releases of the iPad, with places like Sydney where you could see long lines that stretched over several blocks. Although the expectation is not as great as with the new iPhone, if you wanted to buy a mini iPad early in an Apple store, you had to stand in line. I'll show some videos that circulate on the Internet, where we can see the lines originating in some cities.

The iPad mini seems to have been a great success in New Zealand in the early hours of sales. The device represents, according to Brian White of Topeka Capital Markets, "the most successful launch of an Apple iPad has had in this country, just in time for the holidays."

Reuters also reports that the queues in Europe have been lower than in previous releases of the Apple brand.

"About 100 fans have queued in the rain in Amsterdam, while in Regent Street, in London, about 50 people have queued to buy the device a couple of hours after an Apple Store opened its doors."

Here is a photo of the tail formed in Amsterdam shop, courtesy of Floris Looijesteijn.

In comparison, the iPad 3 will be launched first in twelve countries only. The iPad 2 and the first iPad, meanwhile, were only available em U.S. launch day, later deployed worldwide.

Here are some videos of some cities where it has launched the iPad mini, courtesy of Fortune.

Hong Kong

Tokyo

Seoul

Sydney

The iPad mini is available in black-and-white slate-silver, with normal storage levels: 16, 32 and 64 GB. The price of the 16GB model is 329 €, the 32 GB is priced at € 429 and the 64GB model is priced at € 529. Currently we can only buy the WiFi version, as the version with free Mobile will arrive within a week, with an extra cost of 130 €.

You can follow all the news of the new Apple device in our section on the iPad mini .

We want you to tell us your experience. Did you buy the iPad mini? How about the device? Have you had to do much glue or you're out of it due to lack of stock? Tell us about it. If you have not yet decided perhaps our purchase guide mini iPad helps.

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